Open AccessPredictors of shelter use among low-income families: psychiatric history, substance abuse, and victimization.
Author(s) -
Beth C. Weitzman,
James R. Knickman,
Marybeth Shinn
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.82.11.1547
Subject(s) - psychiatry , substance abuse , sexual abuse , medicine , child abuse , physical abuse , suicide prevention , poison control , environmental health
For poor housed and homeless families in New York City, NY, we examined the degree to which psychiatric and substance-abuse problems and victimization placed the families at elevated risk of requiring emergency housing, and we documented the prevalence of such problems. These problems were infrequently reported by both groups. However, past mental hospitalization, treatment in a detoxification center, childhood sexual abuse, and adult physical abuse were associated with increased risk of homelessness.